23-01-2002 18:01									#1
	Yea! Simultaneous turns! Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Well, I'm much more excited about MOO3 now (I'm an old Civ player, but never played MOO or MOO2). After the disappointment that is Civ3, I read the MOO3 FAQ and learned that it will be using simultaneous multiplayer! Yippee!

Adm.Naismith and I wrote up simultaneous multiplayer for the EC3 here http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum28/HTML/000343.html#5 but I thought I'd have to wait years before someone implemented it in a 4X game.

Between layered AI, the IFP system, and simultaneous multiplayer, I think MOO3 is going to be just the game for me.

	23-01-2002 18:31									#2
	Re: Yea! Simultaneous turns! Full PM-box? Change here!

quote: Originally posted by ChrisShaffer Adm.Naismith and I wrote up simultaneous multiplayer for the EC3 here http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum28/HTML/000343.html#5 but I thought I'd have to wait years before someone implemented it in a 4X game.

And you still have to wait longer because MoO 3 is a 5X game!
Or so they say...

MoO 2 already had simultaneous turns in MP.

	23-01-2002 19:54									#3
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Was MOO2 simultaneous turns of the asynchronous format? i.e. players develop orders for their empire, submit them, all orders processed simultaneously, and reports back to players?

	23-01-2002 20:07									#4
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Yeah that was how Moo2 was.

	24-01-2002 00:58									#5
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Yah I've read that several places, too. Makes me very happy to see. Question, though. Will the simultaneous turns apply just to mp, or to sp as well?

	24-01-2002 03:37									#6
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Well, not really. But the AI plays it really fast. Of course, I'm talking about MoO 2. I hope that in MoO 3, even with the lowest specs required, the turns are played really fast by the AI.

	25-01-2002 21:59									#7
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MOO2's simultaneous movement was also part of single player games so I assume the same will be the case with MOO3.

	30-01-2002 00:14									#8
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YES!!

If it has real simultaneous turns, I'm sold.

More strategy games could learn from the excellent turn and economic model from Imperialism.

	11-02-2002 07:44									#9
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

I wish more games would learn from CivNet, Lords of the Realm, and Master of Orion with respect to simultaneous play. Unfortunately MOO2 multiplayer never worked for me (lag and lag crashes despite having the latest patch).